Chinese Scientists Create First-Of-Its-Kind Monkey With Green Eyes, Glowing Fingertips
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The monkey was a chimera - a single organism made up of cells that derive from more than just two parents.
Scientists in China have created a chimera (mixed) monkey with distinctive features like green eyes and glowing fingertips. According to a CNN report, the primate has been created using two sets of DNA, something that is still experimental that they say could ultimately benefit medical research and conservation of species. The lab-born monkey survived for 10 days after which it was euthanised, the outlet further said. The research detailing the process of how the monkey was created has been published in journal Cell.
The primate was created using an unprecedented experiment, by combining the stem cells of two genetically distinct fertilized eggs from the same monkey species - a long-tailed macaque.
It was the world's first live birth of a chimeric - or mixed - monkey with stem cells, CNN quoted the researchers as saying.
